Cenotaph here with his sister in Bright, South Australia
Oswald Rudolph Duldig was a Lutheran man born and raised in World's End, South Australia who went to the public school of World's End. He had the job of a farm labourer, which was a very popular job to have in the late 1800s and early 1900s as it was a job that the landless people often took on and there were many of them back then. He was not the tallest, biggest and strongest man going around, coming over 5 foot, 8 inches tall, 154lbs (69.8kg) in weight and having a chest measurement of 36 inches. He had a darker skin colour with brown eyes and dark hair and he was a single man his entire life. He enlisted for the war on the 4th of May 1916, to become a private in the 10th Battalion, 20th Reinforcement with the regimental number of 6242. His was 22 years old when he embarked from Port Adelaide, South Australia on the 28th of August 1916 to disembark at Plymouth Port, England. His father was the next of kin and his parents' names were Fredrick and Louise Duldig.
After arriving at Plymouth Port on the 11/10/16, Duldig joined the 3rd Tng. Battalion from Brimstone Hospital in England on the 5/11/16 then proceeded overseas on the SS Princess Victoria on the 4/12/16. On the 5th of December 1916 Duldig landed at Etaples, France, then joined the 10th Battalion in France on the second day of the new year. Not long after joining the 10th Battalion he found himself WOUNDED IN ACTION with a nasty general service wound to his left thigh on the 25th of February. The St. John's Field Ambulance got to him the next day and he was then transported back to England on the 1st of the new month. On that same day he embarked for England, to the 3rd Aux Hospital in Brighton where his wound was treated. Then on the 10th of June 1917 Duldig proceeded overseas to France ex Perham Downs via Southampton. Back in Harve he marched in ex England on the 11th on June. Then he marched out to his unit on the 25th, re-joined from hospital in France on the 29th. Then was KILLED IN ACTION in Belgium on the 20th of September 1917 (the first day of the Menin Road operation) at the age of 24.
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Oswald Rudolph Duldig was a Lutheran man born and raised in World's End, South Australia who went to the public school of World's End. He had the job of a farm labourer, which was a very popular job to have in the late 1800s and early 1900s as it was a job that the landless people often took on and there were many of them back then. He was not the tallest, biggest and strongest man going around, coming over 5 foot, 8 inches tall, 154lbs (69.8kg) in weight and having a chest measurement of 36 inches. He had a darker skin colour with brown eyes and dark hair and he was a single man his entire life. He enlisted for the war on the 4th of May 1916, to become a private in the 10th Battalion, 20th Reinforcement with the regimental number of 6242. His was 22 years old when he embarked from Port Adelaide, South Australia on the 28th of August 1916 to disembark at Plymouth Port, England. His father was the next of kin and his parents' names were Fredrick and Louise Duldig.
After arriving at Plymouth Port on the 11/10/16, Duldig joined the 3rd Tng. Battalion from Brimstone Hospital in England on the 5/11/16 then proceeded overseas on the SS Princess Victoria on the 4/12/16. On the 5th of December 1916 Duldig landed at Etaples, France, then joined the 10th Battalion in France on the second day of the new year. Not long after joining the 10th Battalion he found himself WOUNDED IN ACTION with a nasty general service wound to his left thigh on the 25th of February. The St. John's Field Ambulance got to him the next day and he was then transported back to England on the 1st of the new month. On that same day he embarked for England, to the 3rd Aux Hospital in Brighton where his wound was treated. Then on the 10th of June 1917 Duldig proceeded overseas to France ex Perham Downs via Southampton. Back in Harve he marched in ex England on the 11th on June. Then he marched out to his unit on the 25th, re-joined from hospital in France on the 29th. Then was KILLED IN ACTION in Belgium on the 20th of September 1917 (the first day of the Menin Road operation) at the age of 24.
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Cenotaph here with his sister in Bright, South Australia
Oswald Rudolph Duldig was a Lutheran man born and raised in World's End, South Australia who went to the public school of World's End. He had the job of a farm labourer, which was a very popular job to have in the late 1800s and early 1900s as it was a job that the landless people often took on and there were many of them back then. He was not the tallest, biggest and strongest man going around, coming over 5 foot, 8 inches tall, 154lbs (69.8kg) in weight and having a chest measurement of 36 inches. He had a darker skin colour with brown eyes and dark hair and he was a single man his entire life. He enlisted for the war on the 4th of May 1916, to become a private in the 10th Battalion, 20th Reinforcement with the regimental number of 6242. His was 22 years old when he embarked from Port Adelaide, South Australia on the 28th of August 1916 to disembark at Plymouth Port, England. His father was the next of kin and his parents' names were Fredrick and Louise Duldig.
After arriving at Plymouth Port on the 11/10/16, Duldig joined the 3rd Tng. Battalion from Brimstone Hospital in England on the 5/11/16 then proceeded overseas on the SS Princess Victoria on the 4/12/16. On the 5th of December 1916 Duldig landed at Etaples, France, then joined the 10th Battalion in France on the second day of the new year. Not long after joining the 10th Battalion he found himself WOUNDED IN ACTION with a nasty general service wound to his left thigh on the 25th of February. The St. John's Field Ambulance got to him the next day and he was then transported back to England on the 1st of the new month. On that same day he embarked for England, to the 3rd Aux Hospital in Brighton where his wound was treated. Then on the 10th of June 1917 Duldig proceeded overseas to France ex Perham Downs via Southampton. Back in Harve he marched in ex England on the 11th on June. Then he marched out to his unit on the 25th, re-joined from hospital in France on the 29th. Then was KILLED IN ACTION in Belgium on the 20th of September 1917 (the first day of the Menin Road operation) at the age of 24.
vwma.org.au/explore/people/361869
Oswald Rudolph Duldig was a Lutheran man born and raised in World's End, South Australia who went to the public school of World's End. He had the job of a farm labourer, which was a very popular job to have in the late 1800s and early 1900s as it was a job that the landless people often took on and there were many of them back then. He was not the tallest, biggest and strongest man going around, coming over 5 foot, 8 inches tall, 154lbs (69.8kg) in weight and having a chest measurement of 36 inches. He had a darker skin colour with brown eyes and dark hair and he was a single man his entire life. He enlisted for the war on the 4th of May 1916, to become a private in the 10th Battalion, 20th Reinforcement with the regimental number of 6242. His was 22 years old when he embarked from Port Adelaide, South Australia on the 28th of August 1916 to disembark at Plymouth Port, England. His father was the next of kin and his parents' names were Fredrick and Louise Duldig.
After arriving at Plymouth Port on the 11/10/16, Duldig joined the 3rd Tng. Battalion from Brimstone Hospital in England on the 5/11/16 then proceeded overseas on the SS Princess Victoria on the 4/12/16. On the 5th of December 1916 Duldig landed at Etaples, France, then joined the 10th Battalion in France on the second day of the new year. Not long after joining the 10th Battalion he found himself WOUNDED IN ACTION with a nasty general service wound to his left thigh on the 25th of February. The St. John's Field Ambulance got to him the next day and he was then transported back to England on the 1st of the new month. On that same day he embarked for England, to the 3rd Aux Hospital in Brighton where his wound was treated. Then on the 10th of June 1917 Duldig proceeded overseas to France ex Perham Downs via Southampton. Back in Harve he marched in ex England on the 11th on June. Then he marched out to his unit on the 25th, re-joined from hospital in France on the 29th. Then was KILLED IN ACTION in Belgium on the 20th of September 1917 (the first day of the Menin Road operation) at the age of 24.
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